This investigation of urban initiatives to enhance the identity of the Millbank neighbourhood and Tate Britain, reinforcing the physical, social, cultural, and economic connectivity to surrounding districts and the River Thames, was carried out for Tate Britain.

The challenge of the Millbank Urban Strategy was to reinforce Tate Britain's role as an important cultural destination whilst maintaining and improving the character and setting of the local neighbourhood. A fundamental part of this initiative was to reconnect Millbank with the River, overcoming the severance caused by the road and the poor quality of riverside amenities.

The strategy responds to a variety of linked and overlapping contexts. Situated between the established urban neighbourhoods of Westminster, Vauxhall, Chelsea, Victoria and Pimlico, it is part of a wider cultural and heritage corridor that links Tate Britain to Westminster and Parliament, to the National Gallery and the West End.